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Archive for March, 2010

Coal fuels much of the cloud, Greenpeace says

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

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Last Chance to Register – Total Access Webinar, Wed. March 31 – 1PM

Monday, March 29th, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

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groSolar Announces National Zep Week: April 19-23, 2010

Monday, March 29th, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

groSolar, a national leader in solar power distribution and installation, today announced the much anticipated launch of the Zep Solar rail-free mounting and grounding system for residential solar electric installations. During National Zep Week, April 19-23, the first-ever nationwide ...

Restoring Sayano-Shushenskaya

Monday, March 29th, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Rebuilding Russia's largest power plant, the 6,400-MW Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric plant in southern Siberia, may take longer than expected as engineers deal with challenging logistics, a rare design, and uncertainty surrounding the accident that killed 75 people in August 2009.

NREL’s New Robots Scrutinize Solar Cells

Monday, March 29th, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

The race to build a better solar cell is looping through the National Renewable Energy Laboratory where new robots are fabricating thin-film cells and analyzing glitches faster and with more precision than ever before.

SOLAR serdar – TURN YOUR ROOF INTO A MINI POWER STATION

Monday, March 29th, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Alteris Sponsors Entrepreneur Driving Tesla Roadster in Green Charity Ride Across Northeast

Monday, March 29th, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Alteris Renewables, the largest renewable energy installer in the Northeast, welcomes the Renew America Roadtrip's Northeast Edition charity drive to Yale University's Dunham Student Center on Tuesday from 6PM until 8PM. At 6pm there will be a press ...

Four Rivers BioEnergy Signs Deal with BP

Monday, March 29th, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

The UK subsidiary of Four Rivers BioEnergy Inc., called Four Rivers BioFuels Limited, has secured an agreement with BP Oil International Limited for the sale of a minimum of 60,000 Metric Tonnes of biodiesel per year from its UK facility ...

First Solar Panels to Power 26-MW Spanish Solar Park

Monday, March 29th, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

The Spanish system integrator, Assyce Fotovoltaica, is constructing the largest First Solar free-field solar power plant in Extremadura, with a capacity of more than 26 MW. The power plant,with a land area of 69 hectares, is expected to be completed ...

Georgia Power Buys Landfill Gas from WM

Monday, March 29th, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Georgia Power recently signed a long-term contract with Waste Management that will produce electricity from landfill gas. The contract will take effect after Georgia Public Service Commission approval.

Alpha Energy Project Recognized by Electrical Association Award

Monday, March 29th, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Alpha Energy, a member of The Alpha Group and a division of Alpha Technologies Services Inc., recently announced the industry recognition by the Southeast Pennsylvania Chapter, Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Association of a 1MW Elevated Solar Racking system ...

Sharp Starts Up New Thin Film Plant

Monday, March 29th, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Sharp Solar says that it has started operations at its new thin-film solar cell plant in Sakai City, Osaka, Prefecture, Japan this week. The plant will have 160 MW production capacity during its initial phase; capacity will eventually reach a ...

Schneider Electric Meets Ontario’s Local Mandate

Monday, March 29th, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Schneider Electric – formerly known as Xantrex – says it will be fully compliant and ready to deliver inverters that meet the guidelines of Ontario's new "Green Energy" strategy, the Feed-in Tariff (FIT) program. Under that program, 50 percent of ...

New Energy and the Community of Nations

Monday, March 29th, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Electric Power Research Institute Seeks Test Site for Fish Friendly Hydropower Turbine

Monday, March 29th, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

The Electric Power Research Institute is seeking an additional demonstration site at an existing or new hydropower development to install and evaluate the fish-friendly Alden Turbine.

SOLAR serdar – CARBON CYCLE

Monday, March 29th, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Solaya Wins Massachusetts Wind Contract

Monday, March 29th, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

The Solaya Energy Division of Lumus Construction has been awarded a contract by the Massachusetts Town of Falmouth to erect a 262-foot high wind turbine. The 1.65-megawatt (MW) wind turbine manufactured by Vestas will be located at the Falmouth Wastewater ...

Atlantic Wind and Solar to Acquire CIT Manufacturer

Monday, March 29th, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Atlantic Wind and Solar Inc. is acquiring a 60% interest in Aim Global Energy Inc., the manufacturer of leading edge, high-yield converter/inverter (CIT) technology used in AWSL's high yield Renewable Energy systems.

Scaling Up Renewables and the Smart Grid

Monday, March 29th, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

There are many experts who feel that the market potential of renewable energy will only be fully realized if smart grid technologies and services are successful. But first, we need to define the smart grid.

Developing Nations Eye Renewable Energy

Monday, March 29th, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Developing countries are ramping up renewables after Copenhagen. About 151 developing countries took part in the Climate Change conference in Copenhagen in December 2009. Of those, 25 submitted Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) in February, many of which ...